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Categories are a major aspect of a wiki. They help organize information and separate them into separate, albeit relevant, groups. Dinopedia's categorization system is no different, except that we have a few rules and criteria for categories, and categorizing articles, files and templates.

How Dinopedia views categories[]

Here at Dinopedia, we view categories like a cladogram. At the root of all categories, we have Dinopedia, our base. They then branch off into different groups and the categories at the end of branch contain appropriate material.

Some categories will not be derived from a phylogenetic placement or clade, but rather a category for fauna present in a form of media, and these pages are grouped from having a common appearance in things such as film, television, or written works. These types of categories vary in how they are handled, but are normally grouped based on the larger franchise the media is connected to instead of individual films or series. So rather than a category for all creatures starring in specifically Jurassic Park III, a category for the whole of the franchise.

Article categorization[]

Articles on Dinopedia need to be categorized correctly. Ideally, only a few categories should be used on a single article, unless the article needs a large amount of them.

  • Please do not over-categorize; only use specific categories which are relevant to an article. Refrain from adding lots of categories to an article, hoping that at least a few are correct - we consider this badge-farming.
  • Please do not create extremely specific categories that only one or two would fall under: (ex. "Nigerian Cenomanian Plioplatecarpines", "Animals named after presidents", or categories of animals from obscure media), as the category then becomes redundant; this will also be considered badge-farming.
  • All categories related to clades and taxonomy must be named after the clade and not what a member is named. Categories such as "Aves" and "Tyrannosauridae" would fit this rule quite well, but common words or member names such as "Birds" or "Tyrannosaurids" are redundant and therefore unnecessary to become a category. The only exceptions include for terms that don't apply to a family tree, such as "Stem-Mammals" which is a polyphyletic term for bunch of creatures in that group rather than a true clade.
  • When adding a category about a franchise such as one for all fauna from Jurassic Park, only make a category for the franchise as a whole rather than each individual installment. So instead of "Creatures from The Land Before Time 2", just lump it all together into "The Land Before Time" as a category.
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